226 SYLVIIDJ5. 



Reguloides superciliosus (Gmel.). 



Phylloscopus superciliosus, Dresser, Birds Eur. ii. p. 469 (1874) ; Seebohm, 



Ibis, 1879, p. 12 : id. Cat Birds B. M. v. p. 68 (1881) ; id. Brit. 



Birds, i. p. 441, pi. 10 (1883) ; id. Eggs of Brit. Birds, p. 208, pi. 53. 



fig. 9 (1896) ; Popham, Ibis, 1898, p. 496. 

 Phyllopneuste superciliosa, Tacz. Faune Orn. Sib6r. Orient, p. 264 



(1891). 

 Reguloides superciliosus, Sharpe, Hand-l. iv. p. 216 (1903). 



The eggs of the Yellow-browed, or Crowned Willow- Warbler in 

 ihe Collection are inseparable from many of the eggs of R. humei, 

 being white, speckled and spotted, more so at the large end than 

 elsewhere, with reddish brown and some obsolete underlying 

 lavender. Five examples measure from -56 to *6 in length, and 

 45 in breadth. 



5.. Yenesei Valley, Lat. 66| N., 25th Seebohm Coll. 

 June (H. Seebohm}. 



Reguloides humei (Brooks). 

 (Plate X. figs. 5 & 6.) 



Phylloscopus humii, Seebohm, Cat. Birds B. M. v. p. 67 (1881) j Oates, 

 Fauna Brit. Ind., Birds, i. p. 410 (1889) id. ed. Hume, Nests 8f 

 Eggs Ind. Birds, i. p. 262 (1889) ; Wilson, Journ. Bomb. Nat. Hist. 

 Soc. xii. p. 636 (1899). 



Reguloides humei, Sharpe, Hand-l. iv. p. 216 (1903). 



The eggs of Hume's Willow-Warbler vary from a pointed to a 

 blunt oval shape and possess little gloss. They are white, marked 

 with specks and spots of reddish brown and very pale underlying 

 lavender. On some specimens the markings are very fine, on others 

 rather coarse and blotchy, but in either case they are most dense 

 over the broader half of the egg, where they form an ill- defined 

 cap. Examples measure from '52 to '6 in length, and from '42 to 

 45 in breadth. 



5. Kashmir ( W. E. Brooks}. Hume Coll. 



3. Kashmir, 1st June ( W. E. B.}. Hume Coll. 



2. Kashmir, 2nd June ( W. E. B.). Hume Coll. 



8. Kashmir, 3rd June ( W. E. B.). Hume Coll. 



1. Kashmir, 4th June (W. E. B.}. Hume Coll. 



1. Kashmir, 6th June (W. E. B.}. Hume Coll. 

 8. Kashmir, 31 st May ( W. E. B.}. Hume Coll. 



2. Kashmir ( W. E. B.). Crowley Bequest. 



3. Kashmir, June ( W. E. B. : Tristram Crowley Beq nest. 



Con.). 



2. Kashmir, 2nd June ( W. E. B. : Crowley Bequest. 

 Tristram Coll.), 



